Tag: HIV and AIDS

Blantyre Prison Commemorates Prison Health Day

Published on April 15, 2024 by Edgar Naitha

By Warder Lughano Bato and Warder Samson Chitsamba Blantyre prison and other Stakeholders recently commemorated prison health day with various […]

Civil Society Advocacy Forum Urges Malawians To Go For HIV Test

Published on June 19, 2023 by Evance Kapito

The Civil Society Advocacy Forum has urged citizens to prioritize knowing their HIV statuses in order to effectively combat the […]

NAC Says HIV and AIDS Ends By 2030

Published on June 25, 2021 by FACE OF MALAWI

The National AIDS Commission – NAC has expressed optimism that Malawi will be able to end HIV and AIDS by […]

Health rights activist hails Chakwera for including HIV and AIDS issues in SONA

Published on September 8, 2020 by Edgar Naitha

Health rights activist George Jobe is commending President Lazarus Chakwera for including HIV and AIDS issues in his State of […]

Malawi Muslims fight sex customs fueling AIDS

Published on October 24, 2014 by Face of Malawi

As HIV and AIDS pandemic continues to wreck havoc in Malawi, Muslim traditional leaders in the southern African nation have […]

Unrelenting Gyan keeps up fitness on humanitarian trip to Malawi

Published on August 29, 2014 by Face of Malawi

Asamoah Gyan engaged himself in an intense gym session to keep up with his fitness despite being away on a […]

Malawi religious leaders take stand against the discrimination fueling HIV

Published on August 22, 2014 by Face of Malawi

The Malawi Network of Religious Leaders  Living with or Personally Affected by HIV and AIDS (MANERELA+) is a voluntary membership […]

Empowering Women can help reduce gender-based violence – World University Service of Canada (WUSC

Published on July 14, 2014 by Face of Malawi

The World University Service of Canada (WUSC) said empowering women economically can help to reduce gender based violence and minimize […]

Malawi’s Islamic leaders plan to stop spread of HIV: Ban Condoms

Published on July 4, 2014 by Face of Malawi

In a desperate attempt to curb expansion of HIV and AIDS in the Malawian society, Muslim traditional leaders have demanded […]

The Nkhoma Synod of the CCAP has urged government to formalise National Alcohol Policy.

Published on June 26, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Speaking in Lilongwe on Tuesday during the opening of a planning meeting to strategies on advocacy process to the National […]

Joyce Banda elected to be the champion of Malaria, HIV and AIDS in the SADC Region

Published on May 27, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

African Leaders at the 50th session of Africa Union Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia have elected the Malawi Leader, Joyce […]

Malawi herbalist marries 18th wife

Published on May 7, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

A 42 year old traditional healer from Malawi’s district of Rumphi on May 1st this year added one more woman […]

World Vision Malawi rolling out ‘Child’s survival, everyone’s responsibility’ campaign

Published on April 14, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

This, according to World Vision National Director Marko Ngwenya, would be achieved by engaging the Malawi government to allocate at […]

The Impact of an Innovative Approach to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV — Malawi,

Published on March 4, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Antiretroviral medications can reduce rates of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to less than 5% (1). However, in […]

HIV Cure Found: Child born with HIV cured by US doctors

Published on March 4, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Medical history made with first ‘functional cure’ of unnamed two-year-old born with the virus but now needing no medication. A […]

New HIV infections rate worries government

Published on February 26, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Government has expressed worry over the new HIV infections that the country is registering. Principal Secretary for Nutrition, HIV and […]

Malawi gets 1 000 new HIV cases weekly

Published on February 25, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Aids-ravaged Malawi, where over a tenth of the population is HIV positive, records on average 1 000 new cases weekly, […]

Zimbabwe has only 2 months supply of ARV’s

Published on February 21, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has revealed that it only has two months’ supply of anti-retroviral drugs left […]